ETF Focus

Line Blurs Between Growth, Value Stocks

Owning both styles of ETFs may be best bet in this crazy market.

THE DEBATE OVER WHICH STYLE of stock-picking is superior -- value or growth -- has been vigorously contested in the investing world for years. There are numerous studies that show value stocks tend to outperform growth ones over the long haul. But there are also periods when growth offerings have had their time in the spotlight.

Investors who make a choice of one over the other are usually trying to gauge which style the market will favor. They gradually ratchet up one while cutting back on the other until the market...